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A Greek Island Holiday Haven For Tourists and Pelicans
Greek Island holiday destinations offer literally hundreds of resorts ranging from those providing all of the facilities of mass tourism to remote places with little more than several village rooms. Islands also range in dimensions from ones that can be walked around in several hours to ones that have many major towns and countless villages.
Lesbos (also spelt Lesvos) is the third largest Greek island and it has almost 200 miles of coastline to offer beach-loving holidaymakers. It is situated in the north-eastern portion of the Aegean, just a few miles off of the Turkish coast and twelve hours by ferry trip from Athens. Fortunately the ferry trip is unnecessary because Lesbos features its own international airport.
None of the holiday resorts on Lesbos can be described as being "spoilt by mass tourism" but the most popular are with package holiday companies. Of these, Molyvos is probably the most popular but even there, it is possible to have a laid-back, away-from-it-all vacation.
The whole island is full of natural splendor and it is spectacular, indented coastline consists of numerous sand and pebble beaches interspaced with lots of secluded coves. The island's interior is full of olive groves that produce some of the world's finest essential olive oil. You can even find bottles of top "Italian" extra virgin olive oil that are created from olives grown in Lesbos!
Where the olive groves end, beautiful forests of Mediterranean pine begin as well as on the western side from the island, there are also the world's second largest petrified forest.
Like many Greek islands, Lesbos is extremely mountainous. Its two major peaks, Lepetymnos and Olympus are gone 3100 feet high and dominate the centre from the island. Because of the volcanic origin of Lesbos, several hot springs can be found around the island.
The term, Lesbian originates from Lesbos. The reason being it was the birthplace of Sappho, the ancient Greek poetess. Her poems contained expressions of homosexual love. Sappho is thought to have been born and lived in Eresos. This really small town is a mile approximately inland in the holiday resort of Scala Eressos. Although, relaxing and laid back, Scala Eressos has a certain vibrant quality and caters for a wide range of visitors. Included in this are many gay ladies who wish to enjoy women-only holidays or attend the annual Women's Festival.
As well as a good selection of bars and tavernas, Scala includes a wonderful sandy beach, part of which is designated as a tolerated naturist area.
The streets of the resort are closed to traffic so you don't have to worry about the road safety of the children. Where the village street ends, some cafes and tavernas have been built along the beach by extending them out to the sand. For those who have kids, you are able to sit in a single for any drink whilst the kids play in the sea, still safely in sight.
The beach and village are framed inside a beautiful setting of the green, fertile valley between arid mountains. A pretty lagoon at the back of the beach may be the the place to find terrapins, frogs and seabirds. Children love this area and therefore are often so fascinated by the terrapins that it is difficult to persuade them to leave. In the united states side around the resort tortoises can often be seen plodding their way along stony scrubland. But the most fascinating wildlife of all is probably the resident pelicans. These may regularly be seen waddling round the tavernas in the hope of some free fish. The 2 birds have grown to be so tame that they wake up to tricks on the beach too, snatching tubes of suntan lotion as well as books from shocked sunbathers. Sometimes the pelicans will toss the items playfully into the air after which catch them. When an item as big as book drops in to the bird's huge gullet, fear for that creature's safety momentarily replaces the humour inspired by the performance. But there is no cause for concern and the pelicans quickly realise that the object doesn't have vitamins and minerals, fetch it support, and drop it on the sand. Not everybody sees the funny side of the pelicans' behaviour however, especially the individual who comes back from the swim to find their beach towel occupied by one of them. But for the onlookers, this usually results in an incredibly amusing shooing away scene.
For a naturist holiday in Lesbos, the resort of Scala Eressos is the greatest location to stay at. Elsewhere on the island, you may be able to find additional beaches where naturism is practiced but they will be remote and unofficial.
The easiest method to reach Scala Eresssos is as simple as flying to the airport at Mytilene, the island's capital. This airport provides a little bonus that you'd be challenged to find elsewhere on the planet. After checking set for your flight home, you'll be able to sit within an outside area which overlooks the sea. Here you are able to bask away the remaining moments of your Greek island holiday watching the manoeuvres of the Greek navy that are often seen just from the much less distant Turkish coast or just enjoy the lapping from the sea over the rocky beach that separates manchester international from it.
